New Town
New Town is a quarter in Shetland Islands, Scotland. New Town is situated nearby to the quarter Lanes, as well as near Freefield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Shetland Library and Lerwick Town Hall.
Shetland Library
Library
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shetland Library is the public library service of Shetland, with its main branch based in Lerwick. Membership is open to both residents of and visitors to the islands.
Lerwick Town Hall
Town hall
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Lerwick Town Hall is a municipal building located on Hillhead in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland. It is used as an events venue and registrar's office. The building, which was also the meeting place of Shetland Islands Council until 2022, is a Category A listed building.
Fort Charlotte
Photo: Lrs1572, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Fort Charlotte in the centre of Lerwick, Shetland, is an artillery fort, roughly five sided, with bastions on each of three landward corners, and half-bastions on the corners of the seaward face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lerwick and Sound.
Lerwick
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Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland.
Sound
Quarter
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lerwick is the largest town and capital of the Shetland Islands, with a population of 6760 in 2022. It's the obvious base for touring Shetland.
Gunnista
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gunnista is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of New Town.
New Town
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.15411° or 60° 9′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.14894° or 1° 8′ 56″ westOpen location code
9CGW5V32+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12104548914OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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